This Ice Fire Heavenly Phoenix was clearly a phoenix. No matter how one looked at it, her appearing in the Twentieth Palace of the Dragon Soul Palace made no sense.
All he had encountered before had been dragon souls.
Now, he could not be deceived by appearances. He had to understand the situation first before considering whether to truly take this phoenix as someone dependent on him!
Hearing Yang Chen ask these questions, the Ice Fire Phoenix seemed to recall something and let out a soft sigh.
Then, she raised her wings and lay down on the ground.
"Fine, little fellow. Since you want to know, I shall tell you." The Ice Fire Heavenly Phoenix's tone abruptly turned cold, as swift and nimble as the shifts between her ice-and-fire feathers.
Yang Chen became interested as well. He sat down on the ground, wanting to hear exactly what had happened.
After all, even Golden Emperor, the Great Ascension Stage expert of the Dragon Soul Palace, seemed to know little about this Twentieth Palace!
Lying on the ground, the Ice Fire Heavenly Phoenix said solemnly, "I was not originally a being of this realm. I belonged to another realm."
"Another realm? What realm?" Yang Chen was bewildered.
"Even if I told you, you would not know. Back then, I fought fiercely against invaders from the Underworld, until heaven and earth went dark, space collapsed, and I was ultimately besieged by Underworld people. I fled here in panic all the way."
The Ice Fire Heavenly Phoenix said, "By the time I escaped into the Spirit Realm, I had already suffered grave injuries and was severely weakened. At that time, I could not even bring out one-tenth of my peak strength. It was then that I encountered the two Dragon Ancestors of the True